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Handwritten text "Living Large in A Small House" with a blue flower illustration, followed by smaller text: "Decorating, Gardening & Entertaining. Everything I love, all in 1,300 square feet.

Recollections and Reflections

Some stories are worth saving. Recollections & Reflections is where I share the personal essays, family memories, and quiet observations that shaped my life and the life of my family in our small house. From milestones and seasons of change to everyday moments worth remembering, these posts capture the heart behind the home.

  • A smiling woman with blonde hair and a young boy in formal attire pose outdoors, surrounded by greenery and flowers, capturing a warm moment of recollection.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #22 – Dating Single Mom

  • my farmhouse on Raymond ave in Barrington
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    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #21 – Fixer Upper

  • A smiling young boy in a red-and-white striped sweater sits on the carpet playing with a yellow toy bus, while a woman with blond hair, lost in recollection, sits on a couch behind him next to a lit table lamp.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #20 – Why Am I Writing This?

  • A brass balance scale sits on blue books next to a wooden gavel, symbolizing law and justice, with a contract partially visible in the background—invoking recollection of landmark legal moments.
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    Lynn’s Recollections & Reflections #19 – Do Your Homework!

  • A person wearing a white shirt is removing a gold ring from their ring finger, evoking a sense of recollection as they take off a wedding band.
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    Lynn’s Recollections and Reflections #18 – The Divorce

  • Three smiling children pose for a portrait against a brown backdrop, capturing a warm recollection. An older boy in a dark shirt sits in the middle, with a young girl and toddler girl in black velvet dresses on either side of him.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections & Reflections #17 – Fast Forward to Today

  • A young woman with chin-length light hair smiles, wearing a dark top and a cross necklace, in a black-and-white portrait that evokes a gentle sense of recollection.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections & Reflections #16 – My Sister

  • A toddler sits on a carpeted floor, holding a white telephone receiver and looking up in a moment of recollection. Dressed in light blue, the child is surrounded by presents, with another person's legs partly visible in the background.
    Recollections and Reflections

    Lynn’s Recollections & Reflections #15 – Four Tumultuous Years

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